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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Waweru",
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        "legal_name": "Dennis Kariuki Waweru",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to be very brief. From the outset, I support the Bill. What has attracted me most is Clause 31 which talks about performance contracting. This is something we have wanted to have across board, especially for the Civil Service to ensure that we are guaranteed value in service delivery. Of interest to me also is the provision on ethics and integrity. We have been having some challenges in the Judiciary with regard to ethics and integrity. The reason why we have two Kenyans at The Hague is because of lack of trust in our courts. If we try and bring back public confidence so that any Kenyan in the country can be confident, trust the courts and be guaranteed that there will be justice in our court system, then we would not have a situation where two Kenyans, including our Deputy President, have cases outside Kenyan jurisdiction. So, it is important that we continuously improve and build confidence in our court system, even for the sake of economic prosperity of this country. It is very important for foreign investor attraction. We should assure foreign investors that as and when there is a trade dispute, there is a court that is fair enough and that can expedite the resolution of any matter. It is very important that we continuously improve and restructure our institutions so that they can be world-class institutions. I am looking forward to a situation where our judicial system is fully automated. It is still stone-age and that explains why we have quite a number of cases pending in our courts. The courts are still operating in the old way. We need to go a step further and ensure that we fully automate operations at the Judiciary so that we can be guaranteed of timely delivery of justice. I am not sure that I will not be gagged by the Judiciary. We are very busy here creating some institution for the Judiciary. Of late I have noticed there is a tendency by some courts to rush and tell Parliament, especially the National Assembly that there are things we should not discuss. We want to remind them that we represent people who have elected us. There is no way someone can tell us what we should discuss and what we should not discuss. These are institutions which are independent from each other. I support the Bill."
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